Descrição e guia da Opera Garnier em Paris

1. Palais
garnier
VISITS
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a wider view can be enjoyed from the Loggia.
The Salon du Soleil and Salon de la Lune offer a
symbolic and poetic transition to the other spaces.
BiBliothÈQue-musÉe de l’oPÉra
The collections of the Bibliothèque-musée de l’Opéra 7
(Bibliothèque nationale de France) preserve three
centuries of the theatre’s memories. The museum
has a permanent exhibition of paintings, drawings,
photographs and three-dimensional models of sets.
After the fall of the Empire, the rooms were never
fully completed: the massive blocks of stone masonry
in the staircase leading to the temporary exhibition
room still look as they did in 1870. Access to the
reading room, located in the Rotonde de l’Empereur,
is reserved for researchers.
galerie de l’orchestre,
grand VestiBule
The galerie de l’orchestre offers a last look at the
Palais Garnier and has an audiovisual display about its
history. The statues of four composers — Rameau,
Lulli, Gluck and Haendel — stand in the grand
vestibule, which leads to the exit.
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dates
30 MAY 1861
Charles Garnier wins the
architecture competition to build
the new Opera house.
21 JULY 1862
The cornerstone is laid.
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Building work is interrupted during
the Franco-Prussian War and the
siege of Paris; the new Opera house
is turned into a warehouse.
5 JANUARY 1875
The theatre is inaugurated.
1 JANUARY 1887
Electric lighting replaces gas
throughout the Palais Garnier.
16 OCTOBER 1923
The Opera house is listed
as a historic monument.
19251932
The main façade is restored.
1950-1953
The Loggia is restored.
23 SEPTEMBER 1964
The ceiling by Marc Chagall
(1887-1985) is inaugurated.
1971
The technical equipment
of the stage is updated.
19941996
The auditorium and stage house
are restored.
2000
The main façade is restored.
20032004
The Grand Foyer is restored.
20112014
The west façade and
Rotonde des Abonnés
are restored.
2015
The north and the est façade
are restored.
DIMENSIONS OF
THE BUILDING
Length 173m; width 125m;
area 11237m2.
The statue of Apollo playing the
lyre stands atop the theatre’s apex
73.60m above ground level.
DIMENSIONS OF THE STAGE
Depth 27m; total width 48.5m;
width of the stage opening 16m;
total height of the auditorium from
floor to ceiling, 60m; area 1200m2
Number of seats: 2081.
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VISITS +33 (0)8 92 89 90 90
(Audio-guide service)
GUIDED TOURs +33 (0)8 25 05 44 05
BACKSTAGE TOUR 01 40 01 24 60
LA GALERIE DE L’OPÉRA
(bookshop-giftshop) is open every day from 10am
to 6:30pm and until the end of the performance on
nights when one is taking place.
L’OPÉRA RESTAURANT
is open from 8am to midnight (last service).
Booking: +33 (0)1 42 68 86 80
www.opera-restaurant.fr
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Bassin de la Pythie,
grand escalier
After crossing the Rotonde des Abonnés,
the Bassin de la Pythie 1 leads to the lavish,
30-metre-high nave of multicoloured marble,
which houses the double Grand Escalier 2 leading
to the Foyers and various levels of the auditorium.
At the bottom of the staircase, a veritable theatre in
the theatre, two female allegories holding bouquets
of light welcome visitors.
The Auditorium
In the tradition of Italian-style theatres,
the horseshoe-shaped, French-style auditorium 3
and its seating layout based on category were
designed to see and be seen. The metallic
structure, masked by marble, stucco, velvet and
gilt, supports the eight‑ton, 340-light bronze and
crystal chandelier. The painters-theatre decorators
Auguste Rubé (1817‑1899) and Philippe Chaperon
(1823‑1906) made the stage curtain following
Garnier’s instructions. It was replaced by an exact
replica twice, in 1951 and 1996. Marc Chagall’s
ceiling was inaugurated on 23 September 1964.
salon du glacier and Foyers
The Salon du Glacier 4 , a cool, bright rotunda, is at
the end of a long gallery. Clairin (1843-1919) painted
the round of bacchantes and fauns on the ceiling,
Tapestry cartoons illustrating various refreshments
as well as hunting and fishing scenes round out
the decoration. Completed after the Palais Garnier
opened, this room is a splendid example of Belle
Époque aesthetics.
Mosaics with shimmering colours on a gold
background cover the ceiling of the Avant-Foyer 5 ,
which has a stunning view of the Grand Escalier’s
nave. The play of mirrors and windows in
the Grand Foyer 6 makes this huge space look even
bigger than it really is. Paul Baudry (1828-1886)
painted the ceiling, which features themes from
the history of music. The main element is the lyre:
it dominates the entire decorative vocabulary, from
the capitals to the heating grates to the doorknobs.
A copy of Garnier’s bust by the sculptor Carpeaux
(1827-1875) stands in the centre of the Foyer near
one of the windows, which overlooks the perspective
down the Avenue de l’Opéra all the way to the Louvre;
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parterre
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At the request of Napoleon III, in 1861 Charles Garnier undertook the
building of a “new Opera house” in the haussmannian Paris of the late
Second Empire. inaugurated under the Third Republic, on 5 january 1875,
the edifice bedazzled contemporaries with the opulence and eclecticism
of Garnier’s bold architectural and decorative scheme. His masterpiece
instantly became the model for the italian-style theatre. functional and
flamboyant at the same time, the Palais Garnier is considered one of the
world’s most beautiful theatres.
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